M ore than 8,000 National Education Association delegates from across the
United States will converge on Boston
for the 96th NEA Annual Meeting and
Representative Assembly.

Because this is the first timethat the event has been held inMassachusetts, there are manyunknowns, said Julia MonteiroJohnson, chair of the 2017 HostCommittee. “Our goal is to be the bestwe can be,” she added. “This is ourHer enthusiasm was echoedby Ron Colbert, chair of the HostCommittee’s information andregistration team.